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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington in New York

New York shooting: gunman said in note that playing football gave him CTE

Firefighters wheel a gurney across the street
Firefighters wheel a gurney across the street as police respond to a shooting incident in the Midtown Manhattan on Monday. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

The gunman identified in the mass shooting in New York on Monday that killed four victims – including a police officer – was a former high school football player who left a note complaining that the sport had given him the brain injury known as CTE.

Detectives are still trying to determine the motive behind 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura’s shooting spree in 345 Park Avenue in Manhattan on Monday. It ranks as the deadliest firearms attack in New York City in a quarter of a century.

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